Rabbinic traditions between Palestine and Babylonia / edited by Ronit Nikolsky and Tal Ilan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nikolsky, Ronit.

Ilan, Tal, 1956-

Series:

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; v. 89.

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, 1871-6636 ; v. 89

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 377 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

"In this book various authors explore how rabbinic traditions that were formulated in the Land of Israel migrated to Jewish study houses in Babylonia. The authors demonstrate how the new location and the unique literary character of the Babylonian Talmud combine to create new and surprising texts out of the old ones. Some authors concentrate on inner rabbinic social structures that influence the changes the traditions underwent. Others show the influence of the host culture on the metamorphosis of the traditions. The result is a complex study of cultural processes, as shaped by a unique historical moment"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 מהתם להבא from There to Here (bSanh 5a), Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia: An Introduction / Ronit Nikolsky Nikolsky, Ronit, Tal Ilan Ilan, Tal 1

2 Now You See it, Now You Don't: Can Source-Criticism Perform Magic on Talmudic Passages about Sorcery? / Shamma Friedman Friedman, Shamma 32

3 No Boundaries for the Construction of Boundaries: The Babylonian Talmud's Emphasis on Demarcation of Identity / Moshe Lavee Lavee, Moshe 84

4 Midgets and Mules, Elephants and Exilarchs: On the Metamorphosis of a Polemical Amoraic Story / Geoffrey Herman Herman, Geoffrey 117

5 Rescue from Transgression through Death; Rescue from Death through Transgression / Christiane Tzuberi Tzuberi, Christiane 133

6 A Tale of Two Sinais: On the Reception of the Torah according to bShab 88a / Amram Tropper Tropper, Amram 147

7 Heaven and Hell: Babylonia and the Land of Israel in the Bavli / Tal Ilan Ilan, Tal 158

8 From Disagreement to Talmudic Discourse: Progymnasmata and the Evolution of a Rabbinic Genre / David Brodsky Brodsky, David 173

9 The Misfortunes and Adventures of Elihoreph and Ahiah in the Land of Israel and in Babylonia: The Metamorphosis of a Narrative Tradition and Ways of Acculturation / Reuven Kiperwasser Kiperwasser, Reuven 232

10 Commercial Law in Rome and Ctesiphon: Roman Jurisconsults, Rabbis and Sasanian Dastwars on Risk / Yaakov Elman Elman, Yaakov 250

11 From Palestine to Babylonia and Back: The Place of the Bavli and the Tanhuma on the Rabbinic Cultural Continuum / Ronit Nikolsky Nikolsky, Ronit 284

12 Was Rabbi Aqiva a Martyr? Palestinian and Babylonian Influences in the Development of a Legend / Paul Mandel Mandel, Paul 306.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004267893

9004267891

9789004277311

9004277315

OCLC:

877077880